Yeah, and they cost two to three times as much. The plastics are good enough for me.
I've got a number of imports (including a re-issue Megatron that has a spring mechanism to actually fire little bullets), and I'm very very happy that Hasbro is selling most of the good stuff domestically. It makes my habit less frighteningly expensive.
No, but going to space will preserve basic humanity from the vagaries of asteroids, ice ages, and crazy people with large arsenals of nuclear weapons. I'll leave the identity of said crazy people as an exercise for the class.
Er, so you have three books in something the size of your laptop.
You know how many books I can store on my Treo? I don't. I keep dumping novels in there (yay Baen Free Library and Project Gutenberg) and not deleting them.
Give me a waterproof, backlit, high-res device over a pile of dead trees any day.
I LOVE to read. I don't like books very much, though...
So, basically, your argument boils down to "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear!"
That's not a very good basis for a civil society. That's why some dead white guys wrote a document called the Constitution of the United States of America, which I happen to think was a pretty good idea.
Only problem was that Bill of Rights part. Now a bunch of jackasses are running around saying I don't have any rights that aren't explicitly enumerated on that document.
Everybody on the net should be free to do whatever they want. If you can make money, great. If you wish to secure your web site so I can't access it without paying you, that's fine. If you get grouchy with me because I access your unsecured web site without cutting you a check, you're silly.
"connection to the net at home, then no, that isn't free either"
Unless, as I pointed out earlier, there's a municipal wifi network. Or a library next door with an open AP.
You're intentionally muddying the waters by conflating free (unconstrained access) with free of charge.
How does a layperson user differentiate from the freely accessible municipal wifi and some neighbor's open wifi AP? Both are free of charge, and both are arguably unconstrained access.
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They have the sun in Canada? Who knew?
Yeah, and they cost two to three times as much. The plastics are good enough for me.
I've got a number of imports (including a re-issue Megatron that has a spring mechanism to actually fire little bullets), and I'm very very happy that Hasbro is selling most of the good stuff domestically. It makes my habit less frighteningly expensive.
Just in case you're curious, the Transformers Alternators line is superb. I've also got the 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime, and it's a superb toy.
The little blister pack Transformers are crap, but there have been several new molds over the last few years that were really, really excellent.
Sounds like the person who designed the wire fan guard is even dumber than the bird...
You wear a helmet when you're driving, don't you? You know, in case there's an emergency.
Don't bring my Mac into your floppy-justifying craziness. I boot my Mac from a 5.25" CD or my iPod, the way God intended.
The 8cm CDs are an abomination before the Lord. Almost as bad as those business card ones.
No, but going to space will preserve basic humanity from the vagaries of asteroids, ice ages, and crazy people with large arsenals of nuclear weapons. I'll leave the identity of said crazy people as an exercise for the class.
I like orange mocha frappucinos.
And freak gasoline fight incidents.
I think you're unfamiliar with the notion of a "hyperlink".
You're certainly entitled to your opinion. I'm not coming to take your books away from you.
However, if you're trying to make an argument based on data density (which you were) I'd like to point out that that's a pretty stupid argument.
I can't believe you think a community asked you anything.
ONE PERSON asked the question. That one person represents one person's opinion.
There is no hive mind.
Er, so you have three books in something the size of your laptop.
You know how many books I can store on my Treo? I don't. I keep dumping novels in there (yay Baen Free Library and Project Gutenberg) and not deleting them.
Give me a waterproof, backlit, high-res device over a pile of dead trees any day.
I LOVE to read. I don't like books very much, though...
So, basically, your argument boils down to "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear!"
That's not a very good basis for a civil society. That's why some dead white guys wrote a document called the Constitution of the United States of America, which I happen to think was a pretty good idea.
Only problem was that Bill of Rights part. Now a bunch of jackasses are running around saying I don't have any rights that aren't explicitly enumerated on that document.
Remedial Civics class for you, buddy.
And how do We the People verify that these and other police powers are being used responsibly?
Answer: We can not. We're not allowed to ask.
Power without accountability is called tyranny. That's bad.
"But wouldn't you have prefered the option of Apple making what you purchased from a separate company?"
No. Why do I care who makes my mouse? If Apple wants to make a mouse, great. If not, who cares?
The problem comes when people (like yourself, I'm sure) can't stop overgeneralizing.
"You sir, are a moron."
Coming from you, that's high praise.
I'd rebut you point by point, but it wouldn't do any good. Have a nice day!
"Personally I prefer to have choices."
I'd rather have one or two or three really well-designed choices than fifty crappy ones.
"Ever notice how easy it is to group things into Genres?"
No, I haven't noticed that. In fact, I think pigeonholing things into "genres" is remarkably difficult to do with anything like a useful fidelity.
Stereotypes (another word for "genres") are shortcuts, and often lead to sloppy thinking. I avoid them.
Original!=good.
Derivative!=bad.
And there's very, very little originality.
I need you to read your post again.
Everybody on the net should be free to do whatever they want. If you can make money, great. If you wish to secure your web site so I can't access it without paying you, that's fine. If you get grouchy with me because I access your unsecured web site without cutting you a check, you're silly.
"connection to the net at home, then no, that isn't free either"
Unless, as I pointed out earlier, there's a municipal wifi network. Or a library next door with an open AP.
You're intentionally muddying the waters by conflating free (unconstrained access) with free of charge.
How does a layperson user differentiate from the freely accessible municipal wifi and some neighbor's open wifi AP? Both are free of charge, and both are arguably unconstrained access.
Power is metered. Cordless phone takes up their line.
Cable and internet are not metered, so your analogy breaks down. Like most of them do.
If you're paying per kilobyte, and I use your kilobytes, yeah that's bad.
Go read about "Tyranny of the Majority" and stand in the corner until you become a good citizen.
"Do you honestly think that we'd be in Iraq with a dem?"
Uh, yeah. Kerry said he'd continue fighting the war, he'd just do it more nicely.
I think the war was a cock-up from Day 1, but it's not like the democrats have been effective at opposing it...